PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Toran Roth (ranked 1690 p4p, 1380 weight class) and Astro Traveller (ranked 244 p4p, 207 weight class). Roth comes to the cage accompanied by Dogodine u Prizrenu. Toran Roth is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Roth
vs
Traveller

176 cm
36
199
13 - 11 - 2

175 cm
37
187
20 - 19 - 2

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Toran Roth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Astro Traveller!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roth closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Roth shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Traveller eats them both and turns towards Roth to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Roth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Roth rushes Traveller and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Roth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roth lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roth blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Traveller.
Traveller misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Traveller fails to land.
Traveller throws a head punch that misses.
Traveller throws a punch but it's blocked by Roth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roth avoiding damage.
Traveller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roth.
Roth blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Traveller swings wildly with an uppercut but Roth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Traveller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Traveller working aggressively here.
Traveller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Traveller swings wildly with an uppercut but Roth uses good head movement to avoid it.

Roth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Traveller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roth lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Roth's jab looks to have found its range, popping Traveller under the eye.
Traveller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Traveller closes the distance looking to clinch
and Roth counters with a nice uppercut.
We've been told by Roth's head coaches at JAG Battle Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Traveller is looking to clinch but Roth is avoiding it.
Traveller moves in looking to clinch but Roth pushes him off.
Roth throws a big counter combination but Traveller scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Roth tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Traveller has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Traveller.
A head punch on the inside from Traveller fails to land.
Traveller has a couple of punches blocked by Roth.
Traveller throws a punch but it's blocked by Roth.
Traveller throws a punch but it's blocked by Roth.

Roth manages to break the clinch.
Traveller tries to clinch up but Roth circles away and keeps his distance.
Roth went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Roth circles away from the clinch attempt.

Traveller moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roth stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Traveller.

Roth manages to break the clinch.
Traveller fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Traveller lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roth tries to break free but Traveller pushes him back against the cage.
Traveller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roth backwards.

Roth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Traveller tries to clinch up but Roth circles away and keeps his distance.
Traveller wants to clinch.
Traveller tries to clinch up but Roth circles away and keeps his distance.
Traveller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roth paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Roth has managed to clinch.
Traveller misses with a punch on the inside.
Traveller scores with a shoulder strike.
Traveller misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Traveller misses with a short punch on the inside.

Roth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roth swats away the attempt to clinch by Traveller.

Roth clinches.
Roth blocking some punches.
Traveller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Traveller fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Traveller.
Traveller throws a punch but it's blocked by Roth.

Roth breaks from the clinch.
Roth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Traveller wants to clinch
letting Roth counter with a right hand.
Roth connects with a single shot there.

Traveller has managed to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Toran Roth will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Roth misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Traveller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Traveller wants to clinch up but Roth keeps it at a distance.
Traveller wants to clinch but Roth slips to the side
and Roth counters with a two punch combo.
Traveller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Traveller wants to clinch up but Roth keeps it at a distance.
A head kick misses from Roth.
Traveller tries to clinch there but Roth circles away.
Traveller tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Roth counters with a one-two to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Traveller as Roth tries to tie him up.
Traveller has a couple of punches blocked by Roth.
Traveller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Traveller misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Traveller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Traveller misses with some punches.
Traveller swings wildly with an uppercut but Roth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roth blocking some punches.
Traveller throws a punch but it's blocked by Roth.

Roth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Traveller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Roth is looking for a counter combo.

Traveller has closed the distance and engaged Roth in a clinch.
Traveller throws a punch but it's blocked by Roth.
A head punch on the inside from Traveller fails to land.
Traveller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Traveller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Traveller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roth blocks an uppercut.
Traveller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Traveller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Roth manages to break the clinch.
Astro Traveller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Traveller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Astro Traveller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roth misses with a two punch combination.
Traveller doesn't manage to clinch there - Roth circles away.
Traveller tries to clinch up but Roth circles away and keeps his distance.
Traveller fails in his attempt to clinch.

Roth dives in and scores a takedown into Traveller's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Traveller throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Traveller keeping moving, preventing Roth from controlling successfully.
Roth slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Traveller throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roth tries to stand but Traveller is controlling from the bottom.
Traveller looking for a sweep. Not yet Traveller, not yet.
Traveller doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Roth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Traveller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Traveller trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Roth is pushing down on Traveller's leg trying to pass to half guard. Traveller is fighting to maintain full guard but Roth has managed to sneak the leg through.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Traveller tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Traveller missing with punches from the bottom.
Traveller throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Roth trying to control the pace.
Traveller misses with some strikes from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Traveller tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roth swats away the attempt to clinch by Traveller.
A left and a right from Roth both land. Nice combination.
Traveller tries to clinch
and Roth counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Roth keeps the fight on the outside.
Toran Roth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Traveller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Roth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Traveller wants to clinch but Roth slips to the side
and Roth counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Traveller wants to clinch
and Roth counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Traveller thinking.
Traveller is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Traveller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Traveller darts in trying to clinch
and Roth counters with a left and a right that stings Traveller.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Toran Roth dominated that second round.
That's time! Roth's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Traveller tries to clinch
and Roth counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Traveller wants to clinch.
Roth scores with a head kick.
Roth keeps the fight on the outside.
Traveller is looking to clinch but Roth is avoiding it.
Traveller is looking to clinch.

A jab-cross combination lands for Roth and sends Traveller crashing to the mat! Roth follows him down to the mat - Traveller regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Traveller is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roth is taking a breather. Traveller says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Traveller is still in real trouble! Can Roth finish him?
It looks like Roth is going to stand back up.
Traveller punching from the bottom.
Traveller seems to have recovered his senses.

Roth escapes and gets back to his feet.
Roth closes this distance looking for a takedown but Traveller circles away.

Roth gets tackled into the cage by Traveller. Traveller maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Traveller misses with the head strike.

Roth pulls guard.
Roth wants to stand up but Traveller is controlling him.
Traveller throws a big right hand that misses.
Roth punching from the bottom.
Roth wants to stand but Traveller is controlling the position.
Traveller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Traveller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Roth looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Traveller is defending well. Roth quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Traveller has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Roth celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Toran Roth!
A victorious Toran Roth thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.